My thoughts:

The Big Game is around the corner, and many of us are planning our party food. I made the mistake one year of recommending a shaved raw asparagus salad as part of the culinary repertoire for a Super Bowl party and my team has never let me live it down. Indeed, Game Day is a time to throw New Year's diet resolutions out the window and let your hair down (that asparagus salad is really good though).

Below are 10 winning dip recipes from our talented Foodista community members. They range from loaded with cheese, bacon and the like to more lighter veggie based dips. I recommend doing a combination of light and heavy to keep things in balance, but then again I'm the one who promotes raw salads for sporting events (wink).